Identification of novel common breast cancer risk variants at the 6q25 locus among Latinas.

Joshua HoffmanLaura FejermanDonglei HuScott HuntsmanMin LiEsther M JohnGabriela Torres-MejiaLarry KushiYuan Chun DingJeffrey WeitzelSusan L NeuhausenPaul Lottnull nullMagdalena EcheverryLuis Carvajal-CarmonaEsteban BurchardCeleste EngJirong LongWei ZhengOlufunmilayo OlopadeDezheng HuoChristopher HaimanElad Ziv

Published in: Breast cancer research : BCR (2019)

Our study adds to evidence about the importance of the 6q25 locus for breast cancer susceptibility. Our finding also highlights the utility of performing additional searches for genetic variants for breast cancer in non-European populations.

Keyphrases

breast cancer risk
copy number
genome wide association study
gene expression
dna methylation